Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics

Alpine skiing at the IV Paralympic Winter Games

Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics consisted of 44 events, 29 for men and 15 for women.

Medal table

Rank	Nation				Total
1	Austria (AUT)	15	4	8	27
2	West Germany (FRG)	7	5	5	17
3	United States (USA)	6	17	5	28
4	Switzerland (SUI)	5	4	5	14
5	France (FRA)	3	4	2	9
6	Italy (ITA)	2	0	4	6
7	Norway (NOR)	2	0	0	2
8	Sweden (SWE)	1	4	2	7
9	Canada (CAN)	1	3	4	8
10	Spain (ESP)	1	0	1	2
11	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
12	Poland (POL)	0	0	3	3
13	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
Total		43	42	41	126

Medal summary

The competition events were:

• Downhill: men - women
• Giant slalom: men - women
• Slalom: men - women

Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:

• LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
• LW 3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
• LW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
• LW5/7 - standing: double arm amputation
• LW6/8 - standing: single arm amputation
• LW9 - standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
• LW 10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
• B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
• B3 - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Downhill	B1	Franz Griessbacher  Austria	Mats Linder  Sweden	Willi Hohm  Austria
	B2	Odo Habermann  Austria	Stephane Saas  France	Antonio Marziali  Italy
	B3	Bruno Oberhammer  Italy	Uli Rompel  Canada	Josef Erlacher  Italy
	LW1	Dan Ashbaugh  United States	Mark Godfrey  United States	Stephen Ellefson  Canada
	LW2	Fritz Berger  Switzerland	Greg Mannino  United States	Michael Hipp  West Germany
	LW3	Bernard Baudean  France	Gerhard Langer  Austria	Franciszek Tracz  Poland
	LW4	Paul Fournier  Switzerland	Hans Burn  Switzerland	Rik Heid  United States
	LW5/7	Cato Zahl Pedersen  Norway	Kip Roth  United States	Lars Lundstroem  Sweden
	LW6/8	Markus Pfefferle  West Germany	Paul Neukomm  Switzerland	Meinhard Tatschl  Austria
	LW9	Eberhard Seischab  West Germany	Tristan Mouric  France	Robert Stroshine  United States
Giant slalom	B1	Franz Griessbacher  Austria	Mats Linder  Sweden	John Houston  Canada
	B2	Odo Habermann  Austria	Stephane Saas  France	Gerhard Pscheider  Austria
	B3	Bruno Oberhammer  Italy	Uli Rompel  Canada	Manfred Perfler  Italy
	LW1	Dan Ashbaugh  United States	Mark Godfrey  United States	Tsutomu Mino  Japan
	LW2	Alexander Spitz  West Germany	Greg Mannino  United States	Rainer Bergmann  Austria
	LW3	Paul Dibello  United States	Bernard Baudean  France	Gerhard Langer  Austria
	LW4	Josef Meusburger  Austria	Markus Ramsauer  Austria	Hans Burn  Switzerland
	LW5/7	Cato Zahl Pedersen  Norway	Lars Lundstroem  Sweden	Matthias Berg  West Germany
	LW6/8	Meinhard Tatschl  Austria	Markus Pfefferle  West Germany	Paul Neukomm  Switzerland
	LW9	Tristan Mouric  France	Eberhard Seischab  West Germany	Robert Stroshine  United States
	LW10	Paul Bluschke  Austria	Jacques Blanc  Switzerland	Hermann Kollau  Switzerland
Slalom	LW1	Dan Ashbaugh  United States	Mark Godfrey  United States	None
	LW2	Alexander Spitz  West Germany	David Jamison  United States	Michel Duranceau  Canada
	LW3*	None	None	None
	LW4	Paul Fournier  Switzerland	Patrick Cooper  New Zealand	Rik Heid  United States
	LW5/7	Lars Lundstroem  Sweden	Kip Roth  United States	Matthias Berg  West Germany
	LW6/8	Dietmar Schweninger  Austria	Markus Pfefferle  West Germany	Meinhard Tatschl  Austria
	LW9	Tristan Mouric  France	Eberhard Seischab  West Germany	Don Garcia  United States
	LW10	Paul Bluschke  Austria	Jacques Blanc  Switzerland	Peter Wiedemann  West Germany

* In the Men's Slalom LW3, all four skiers were disqualified

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Downhill	B1	Susana Herrera  Spain	Cara Dunne  United States	Carmela Cantisani  Italy
	B2	Elisabeth Kellner  Austria	Edith Hoelzl  Austria	Gabriele Berghofer  Austria
	LW2	Diana Golden  United States	Martha Hill  United States	Annemie Schneider  West Germany
	LW4	Reinhild Möller  West Germany	Lana Jo Chapin  United States	Lana Spreeman  Canada
	LW6/8	Martina Altenberger  Austria	Nancy Gustafson  United States	Gunilla Ahren  Sweden
Giant slalom	B1	Elisabeth Maxwald  Austria	Cara Dunne  United States	Susana Herrera  Spain
	B2	Elisabeth Kellner  Austria	Gabriele Berghofer  Austria	Edith Hoelzl  Austria
	LW2	Diana Golden  United States	Annemie Schneider  West Germany	Virginie Lopez  France
	LW4	Reinhild Möller  West Germany	Lana Jo Chapin  United States	Beatrice Berthet  Switzerland
	LW6/8	Martina Altenberger  Austria	Kathy Pitcher  United States	Eszbieta Dadok  Poland
	LW10	Francoise Jacquerod  Switzerland	Marilyn Hamilton  United States	Emiko Ikeda  Japan
Slalom	LW2	Lynda Chyzyk  Canada	Martha Hill  United States	Virginie Lopez  France
	LW4	Reinhild Möller  West Germany	Lana Spreeman  Canada	Beatrice Berthet  Switzerland
	LW6/8	Martina Altenberger  Austria	Gunilla Ahren  Sweden	Eszbieta Dadok  Poland
	LW10	Francoise Jacquerod  Switzerland	None	None

See also

• Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

References

• "1988 Innsbruck - Alpine skiing". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-28. 

• "Medal Standings - Innsbruck 1988 Paralympic Winter Games - Alpine Skiing". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-09. 

• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

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